“I would like to say the Raptors, I want to play for them,” said Wiggins, who has been spotted many times sporting a Raptors cap. The team would need quite a bit of lottery luck in order to make Wiggins’ wish come true, but there’s always free agency down the line.

Wiggins, a Thornhill native, averaged 23.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game for Huntington Prep in West Virginia in his final high school season.

It would take a near-miracle for Toronto to land Wiggins, the likely top pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. The Raptors are a young team on the rise, and don’t appear to be in tank mode moving forward (though their fans and front-office probably wish they were now.)

Andrew Wiggins will put in a year of service at the University of Kansas before making some down-trodden NBA fanbase very happy. It likely won’t happen near his hometown, however, despite his wishes.